McHenry v. Bankers' Trust Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris-County ; Wm. Masterson, Judge. Receivership proceeding by Bankers’ Trust Company, trustee, against the Mission Canal .Company, in which S. A. McHenry and others intervened. Demurrer to interveners’ second plea of intervention sustained, and from judgment against interveners upon their refusal to amend pleadings they appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
We deem it necessary for an understanding of the opinion to follow to make the following statement:
Some time during or prior to the year 1999 one J. J. Conway had purchased and owned a large body of land situated in the county of Hidalgo, Tex., bordering on the Rio Grande river, for the purpose of establishing an irrigation plant thereon, and of selling out the land to purchasers in small tracts. After such purchase by him, Conway did sell many small tracts or subdivisions of said land to a number of persons, among whom were the appellants herein. In making sales of said small tracts Conway…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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